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THE URBAN EVENT LUX HELSINKI OFFERS EXPERIENCES FOR ALL THE SENSES
The urban event Lux Helsinki offers experiences for all the senses during the darkest time of the year, from Saturday 4 January to Wednesday 8 January 2014. Visually spectacular light installations will entice people to spend time in the wintry outdoors of Helsinki.
An exciting and surprising route consisting of twelve installation sites will lead visitors along the shore of Töölönlahti bay, past the National Opera’s amphitheatre, Hesperia Park, the National Museum, the Hakasalmi Villa, Helsinki Music Centre, the old railway warehouses and Kansalaistori Park to the New Student House. The event’s central stage is Senate Square. TheLux Ratikka tram will also be returning to the tracks after its first appearance in 2013. Merikaapelihalli in the Cable Factory will host Lux IN, Lux Helsinki’s first exhibition of light art.
The installations, created by Finnish and international artists, can be viewed daily from 5 pm to 10 pm. Their durations vary, but they all operate on a continuous loop during the display hours. The Lux IN light art exhibition is open between 2 pm and 10 pm. Fire Circus Walkea will give performances daily at 6 pm and 7:30 pm.
The artistic director of the event is Markku Uimonen and technical director is Ilkka Paloniemi. Sun Effects Ltd is the producer of the event.
The Lux Helsinki event is organised by the City of Helsinki and the entry is free of charge.
SIDE PROGRAMME
On Wednesday 8 January, from 11 am to 7 pm, the Kiasma Theatre at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma will host the international light art symposium Invisible Light. The symposium is open for everyone and the entry is free of charge. No preregistration is required. The language of the symposium is English.
The symposium explores light art. It concentrates on both artworks created by light and also seeing, experiencing and perceiving light. How to see and sense pure light without objects that reflect light? How to present pure light as an artwork? How light installations should be seen and experienced?
More information about the Side Programme and Symposium at: http://luxhelsinki.fi/en
